The last step was putting all sorts of little brackets in. Battery holder brackets, frame ground wire post, header bracket, moped brake arm stop, pedal chain tensioner brackets, etc, and the pedal cranks. Most of the extra stuff like the two bearings in the middle, and the small sprocket on the end, are just spacers.
MT, I decided to use the crappy azusa bearing hangers for the pedal crank.
No photos of the paint process. Wire brushed, sanded, flap wheel'd, degreased, 3 coats primer, 3 coats black paint+primer, 3 coats satin clear. Came out nice. I was cheap and fast. I was busy for about two weeks after painting so it was the perfect time for the paint to cure.
The build went together okay. Putting the forks in was a real PITA. I used the original headlight mounts on my autozone headlight, which was a real pain to set up. But I did it and it is solid.
Riding with the CVT on it now, it is a 20 series symmetrical belt comet knockoff with a 7" driven that supposedly upshifts to 1.4. Together with my rear ratio that is about a 7.5:1 overall. The engine does rev out quite a bit after the CVT finishes shifting at ~40mph. More info to come later, as I only have a few hundred miles with the CVT.
Still got a few things to do on it. Finish the pedal chains.. which will be a day of work all on its own. Also need to finally hook up my front dynohub to the regulator and battery, and get the charging system working. I'm so sick of charging the battery which only lasts for 45-60min of riding total. I make it last an hour by shutting it off at stoplights.
Also, I want to build a leaning sidecar for it similar to FFV8's. I have a couple wheels that would be up for the job as well. One drum, one disc
Far as the engine goes, there is trouble. At 500hrs/13000mi it is probably in the top 10 highest hour predators with the governor removed, in the state.. maybe even the country... and it shows it. Thread and/or yt vid coming soon.